While Sudan gears up for next month's referendum on independence for the south, Khartoum is facing pressure to bring an end to the conflict in the western region of Darfur.
A Darfur mediation team is aiming to broker an agreement between the rebels and the government by December 19.
Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from a refugee camp in Darfur to gauge opinion among those worst affected by the violence.